The 2004 Annual Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) was held in Québec City, Québec, from September 19 to 22 under the theme Transportation Innovation - Accelerating the Pace. Papers were presented at the following sessions: Opening plenary session; Innovation-A Risky Business? (Workshop); Window on the World - Recent Developments at the World Road Association (Panel Discussion); 2003 TAC Environmental Achievemnet Award Nominations; Innovations in Managing Roadway Runoff to Protect Surface Water and Groundwater; Innovative Approaches to Transportation-Related Environmental Management Systems; Geometric Design and Vulnerable Road Users; Innovative Intersection and Interchange Designs; Measuring Performance Indicators for Decision-Making in Winter Maintenance Operations; Innovation and Best Practices for the End-Result Construction Specification Approach; 2003 TAC Sustainable Urban Transportation Award Nominations; Best Practices in Urban Transportation Planning; Bus Rapid Transit in Canada (Panel Discussion); Data for Urban Transportation Decision-Making: Do We Have What We Need? (Panel Discussion); Emerging Best Practices for Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure; Guidelines for Incorporating Sustainable Transportation Principles into Municipal Master Plans (Workshop); Results of TAC's 2001 Urban Transportation Indicators Survey (Panel Discussion); Urban Goods Movement - New Approaches; Accelerated Field and Laboratory Pavement Testing; Coordinating Pavement and Maintenance Management with Transportation Asset Management; Demonstrating Innovation in Pavement Preservaion Techniques; Human Factors in Road Safety Engineering - New Developments and Initiatives; Roundabouts - International Safety and Design Experience Influencing Canada; New Approaches in Effective Traffic Management; Intelligent Transportation Systems for Traffic Operations; Environmental Benefits of In-situ Material Recycling and Strengthening; Material Characterization for Inputs into AASHTO 2002 Guide; Soils and Materials - Innovative Product Evaluation and Acceptance (Workshop); and Innovations in Bridge Engineering. For abstracts of individual papers see C 32339 - C 32418 (ITRD numbers E211329 to E211394 and F160203 to F160219).
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